Now that they're all in school...

Ok...I may not have many  more 'rules' or 'lessons' right now...but, I do have a new observation! Once you are used to being alone in a quiet house all day long, and there is a 3-day weekend followed by the youngest staying home from school sick...things just aren't the same any more! Poor Jr is not feeling well (she's got whatever I've got, only not as severe...knock on wood). By 11:00am, I don't think that she stopped talking for more than 45 seconds at a time! Wow...what a difference in MY world it makes to have my 'shadow' back! 

I'm doing everything possible to keep her entertained (without me reading books, helping her spell words, or playing a game with her...not that I mind those things, but just not all day long when we don't feel well), and she's just bored out of her mind. We've gone from Jr not really wanting to go to school for a while, and being in tears at bedtime for this reason, to 'I sure hope I go to school tomorrow' after being at home for only a couple of hours after her brother got on the bus! We're doing all we can to get her better (and me, but I think I'm going to need an antibiotic for the ear infection now).